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Sri Lankan president urges review of landmark ceasefire Yahoo Singapore, Friday March 1, 12:59 PM. Sri Lanka's president demanded a review on Friday of a Norwegian-brokered truce between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels, saying Oslo had gone too far in trying to end a conflict that has killed 64,000 people.President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who has sweeping powers to sack the government and suspend parliament, cast a political cloud over Sri Lanka's best peace hopes in years, saying some clauses in the truce violated Sri Lanka's sovereignty. More... Published: Fri Mar 1 12:03:08 EST 2002

Related News Stories · Kumaratunga unhappy over Norway’s role  - South Nexus · Sri Lanka president questions peace deal  - BBC South Asia

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Ask Mahinda Answers 1-28 now available! The Lanka Academic is delighted to announce the 8th guest in its series of Q & A sessions: Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan Parliament. With the recent change in leadership in the Sri Lankan government, the peace process appears to be gaining fresh new momentum. This is your opportunity to ask questions from Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa related to Sri Lankan politics and receive answers by clicking here. The answers will appear here.

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Elections for seven local government authorities to be postponed Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1908 slt 01.03.02. Elections for the seven local government authorities are to be postponed and will be held after March 20th...

Minister Karu Jayasuriya says he will resign if the power crisis is not resolved by end June. Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1905 slt 01.03.02. Power and Energy Minister Karu Jayasuriya re iterated today that he would resign from office if the current power crisis is not resolved by end June...

US, EU back Lanka truce agreement The Hindu NUS, Colombo, March 1. (PTI). The United States and the European Union have backed the ceasefire agreement between the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE, and hoped both the parties would arrive at an amicable political solution to the island nation's ethnic problem...

Kadirgamar calls on Jayalalithaa The Hindu (Southern States), Saturday, Mar 02, 2002. The visiting senior Adviser to the Sri Lankan President and former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Island, Lakshman Kadirgamar, called on the Chief Minister-Designate, Jayalalithaa, at her Poes Garden residence this evening...

Lloyds of London withdraws insurance surcharge on ships and aircraft arriving in Sri Lanka Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1902 slt 01.03.02. Lloyds of London has informed the Sri Lankan government that it has decided to withdraw the insurance surcharge imposed on ships arriving at Sri Lankan ports and on aircraft landing at the Colombo International Airport...

India, U.S. ticked off Kumaratunga over truce remarks: minister IANS/Yahoo, February 28. India and the U.S. were among several countries that ticked off Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga for saying she could scuttle a landmark truce with Tamil Tiger rebels, a senior minister said Thursday...

Lanka Now Norway's Colony Says JVP Daily Mirror, March 2, 2002. The JVP yesterday held a mass protest rally against the ceasefire agreement between the government and the LTTE...

Thousands swarm Vavuniya for self-determination rally TamilNet, March 1, 2002:GMT:16:50. More than thirty thousand people gathered in Vavuniya town Friday afternoon for the Pongu Thamil upsurge rally and cultural program...

Third India-Sri Lanka carrom test in Mumbai on March 8 Yahoo India, Friday March 1, 9:15 PM. The third India-Sri Lanka carrom test for men and women would be organised by the Maharashtra Carrom Association (MCA), under the auspices of the All India Carrom Federation (AICF), at the Andheri Sports Complex here on March eight...

LTTE keen on accord: Kadirgamar Yahoo India, 01 March 2002. Former Sri Lankan foreign minister and a senior leader of the island's opposition party alliance, Lakshman Kadirgamar, today said the LTTE now appeared more realistic and serious about the peace accord, aimed at ending the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka...

'Norway's role in truce undermines Lanka's sovereignty' Press Trust of India, Colombo,Friday, March 01, 2002. Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has said that the nature of the role assigned to Norway in monitoring the truce agreement with LTTE compromised Sri Lanka's sovereignty and demanded amendments to recast Oslo's role...

Ceasefire in Sri Lanka - A Radio Interview with Frances Harrison, BBC correspondent in Colombo, Sri Lanka; David B.S. Jeyaraj, freelance journalist in Toronto, Canada; and Chandra de Silva, Professor of History at Old Dominion University. The Connection, February 28. There is a pause in one of the bloodiest civil wars of the last twenty years...

Sri Lankan President Not to Attend Commonwealth Meeting Xinhuanet, 01 March 2001. Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga will not attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Brisbane, Australia which is scheduled to commence on Saturday, the official Daily News said on Friday...

India should bring LTTE to negotiating table' Hindu, 01 March 2002. India could help in the current Sri Lankan peace process by nudging ``the LTTE to the negotiating table and keeping them there,'' the senior adviser to the Sri Lankan President, Lakshman Kadirgamar, said today...

President swears in seven ministers after postponing the ceremony six times Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1818 slt 28.02.02. President Kumaratunga today swore in 6 ministers as cabinet ministers and S...

Power cut to be increased Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1820 slt 28.02.02. The daily two and half hour power cut is to increase by another two and half hours from tomorrow...

Swedish civilian observers to Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Sweden, February 28. The Government decided today to commission the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to recruit a maximum of six civilian observers to send to Sri Lanka...

The Democratic Left Front welcomes cease fire agreement Waruna Karunatilake in Colombo, 1815 slt 28.02.02. The Democratic Left Front (DLF) has welcomed the cease fire agreement signed by the government and the LTTE...

ICC boiling over tea sponsor of Sri Lankan team Yaoo/IANS, 01 March 2002. The sponsor of the Sri Lankan cricket team, Dilmah Tea, could find its $3.3 million deal in hot water after the International Cricket Council (ICC) signed on Pepsi as an official match sponsor...

Facts on Norochcholai coal power project CDN, 01 March 2002. Several letters and articles from eminent Consultants and Advisors appeared in the news print...

Ethnic heart op divide BBC South Asia, Friday, 1 March, 2002, 01:48 GMT . South Asian patients are less likely to receive treatment for coronary artery disease than white patients , research suggests...

Sri Lanka says bridge to India is feasible Reuters, 01 March 2002. A land bridge between Sri Lanka and southern India could be constructed without much difficulty, a government official said...

Solheim, LTTE team meet in London Gulf-News, 01 March 2002. A high level Norwegian delegation began discussions with Tamil guerrilla representatives in London to discuss future steps regarding the peace process and the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Sri Lanka...

Sri Lankan President, FM Leave For Commonwealth Meeting Xinhuanet, 28 February 2002. Sri Lankan President ChandrikaKumaratunga and Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando left here Thursday for Australia to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Brisbane from March 2 to March 5, officials said...

Chandrika denies threatening to cancel truce pact South Nexus, 28th February, 2002. Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga said she had no intention of hindering the negotiation process to end the nation's ethnic conflict, but maintained that some of the clauses in the Government's ceasefire agreement with the LTTE were of great concern to her...

Sri Lanka to Hold Referendum on Peace Agreement Nothern Light, Thursday, February 28, 2002 4:19 AM EST . COLOMBO, Feb 28, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declared that a referendum will be held to obtain the consent of the people once a peace agreement is reached between the government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, the state-owned Daily News reported Thursday...

Ravi Shankar wins world music Grammy TOI, 28 February 2002. Legendary Indian sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar on Wednesday won one of music's highest awards, a Grammy, for his achievements in world music...

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